Bai Yaoyao swallowed the last bite of her Egg Pancake and said, “Our efficiency wasn’t great yesterday, so let’s split into teams right from the start today. Monkey, Xiaomi, Chen Xuan, and I will be in one team. Shitou, Adai, Dada Juan, and Keke in another. Fatty, Lulu, Xiao Shiliu, and Peiqi in the third. This grouping is based on our superpowers. We’ll proceed like this for now and adjust if needed. We’ll set off together shortly and clear three streets simultaneously. Any questions?”
“None! Let’s get to work!” Keke exclaimed excitedly. Having just acquired a vine and tested her ability to control it perfectly, she was eager to see how it performed in actual combat.
Lulu suddenly spoke up, “Lao Yao, take Dog Brother back. We don’t want him in our team!”
Bai Yaoyao shot a glare at Gouzi, who was still yawning.
Gouzi looked utterly confused, trotted over to Lulu, and barked at her with an accusatory expression.
Lulu completely ignored him, tactically took a sip of water, and sat down beside Bai Yaoyao.
Bai Yaoyao sighed helplessly, “Fine, Gouzi will join our team. Shitou and Fatty, you’re each in charge of a team. Safety comes first—nothing else matters. If anything happens, fire a Signal Flare.” She added after a moment’s thought.
“Don’t worry!”
“Got it!”
…
After Bai Yaoyao finished speaking, she summoned the vehicle, and they set off together. Before leaving, they circled the villa area once more, clearing out any newly appeared Zombies in the vicinity.
Today, they planned to head to University City. With its dense population, relatively open spaces, and abundance of Zombies, it was an ideal place for grinding.
“Have you noticed? There are way more Zombies on the road today than yesterday, and we’re not even in the city center yet. The car can barely move,” Monkey remarked as he drove.
Bai Yaoyao, seated in the passenger seat, propped a gun on the window frame, occasionally firing to eliminate Zombies that didn’t follow traffic rules.
Firearms like these were only useful for now. Starting from Tier-3 Zombies, they’d become largely ineffective—even multiple direct hits wouldn’t kill them, and by then, the Zombies would have already closed in.
Besides, with Fatty having purchased nearly 2 billion worth of ammunition, there was no need to conserve bullets.
In the future, they wouldn’t even be able to pierce an ability user’s skin.
“Monkey, I’ll give you a day off tomorrow to see if you can modify and reinforce the vehicle,” Bai Yaoyao said, eyeing the dents left by Zombie impacts with a hint of distress.
“No problem. I’ll work on it tonight when we get back. It’s not too difficult.”
…
As soon as they reached the vicinity of University City, they had to get out of the vehicle—the Zombies were too numerous. Whereas yesterday they sometimes had to break down doors to find Zombies, today the streets were teeming with them.
Bai Yaoyao released Xiao Wai and introduced him to Gouzi, “This is your second brother. Look after him.”
“Awu aw woof woof wu awu woof woof woof aw aw!”
“Sha sha sha!”
…
As they advanced, Bai Yaoyao instructed Xiao Wai to assist the other three, providing crowd control support and collecting crystal cores along the way.
Her Mental Power had reached Tier-2, allowing her to briefly control Zombies.
With all three of her superpowers activated, she eliminated Zombies faster than the combined efforts of the other three and the tree.
“Whoa, Yaoyao must be on some kind of boost—she’s going wild!” Xiaomi exclaimed, grinning.
“Let’s pick up the pace. The three of us and a tree can’t compare to Yaoyao, but how are we even falling behind Dog Brother?”
“Sha sha sha sha! (Dog Brother is invincible!)”
Gouzi, hearing Xiao Wai’s rustling cheers, seemed to recharge and fought the zombies with even more vigor!
After three hours of intense battling, they finally reached the entrance of University City.
They rested on the spot for a while, ate some beef jerky to regain their strength, and waited for the other two groups to arrive.
While waiting, several students suddenly ran out from nearby H University. Seeing Bai Yaoyao’s strange group of four people, one dog, and one tree, they froze in place for a long time.
Intimidated by their imposing presence, the students neither dared to approach nor run away.
“Hey, little brothers, are there many zombies in your school?” Bai Yaoyao asked.
“Y-yes… and… there’s even one that can spit fire!” said the boy in a blue denim jacket at the front, tightly holding the hand of the girl beside him.
Bai Yaoyao was delighted—another special zombie. She planned to dig out its crystal for Lulu. Adai’s group had enough firepower and didn’t need to worry, with Dark Power’s lethal force and Speed Power for support, they were perfectly fine.
“Where is the fire-spitting zombie? Can you tell me?”
“We just saw it when we came out, right at the cafeteria entrance. Go straight into the school, pass two intersections, and turn right to get there,” the boy replied directly.
After a moment’s thought, he added, “Not sure if it’s still there now, though.”
Bai Yaoyao nodded and tossed over a baseball bat. “Payment.”
The boy quickly picked it up, excitedly saying, “Thank you! Um… anything else?”
Bai Yaoyao waved her hand.
Seeing her gesture, the students immediately ran off without looking back. One even lost a shoe but only dared to come back and retrieve it after confirming Bai Yaoyao’s group hadn’t moved.
“Haha, Yao Jie, are we that scary? Look how terrified those kids are,” Xiaomi said with a laugh.
In truth, the brothers weren’t that old either. Shitou was the eldest at 26, Bai Yaoyao and Fatty were both 21, while Xiaomi, Monkey, and the others were under 20. The youngest, Adai, was only 16. Some of them might even be younger than those students.
“Xiaomi Ge, you should wipe the blood off your knife first, throw away that zombie head in your hand, and move the zombie corpses around you before speaking,” Chen Xuan said, handing him a tissue.
Xiaomi took the tissue and wiped his mouth.
“You all wait here. I’m going to check out that fire-spitting zombie,” Bai Yaoyao said, worried it might escape if she delayed too long.
“Take Dog Brother and Xiao Wai with you,” Monkey suggested.
“Woof woof woof! (Dog Brother will protect you!)”
“No need. Dog Brother and Xiao Wai stay with you,” Bai Yaoyao refused. Neither Gouzi nor Xiao Wai had an advantage against a fire-type zombie and wouldn’t be of much use.
“Alright, be careful then.”
“Mm, don’t worry!”
After entering the campus, Bai Yaoyao immediately activated her Mental Power, carefully scanning every corner. She found this school strangely peculiar—there were definitely more than one special zombie here.
Different energy fluctuations came from several directions. She first went to the location the boy mentioned and indeed spotted a fire-type zombie attacking the cafeteria’s roll-up door.
Faint cries could be heard from inside the cafeteria, and people on the fourth floor were throwing tables and chairs down, trying to knock the zombie over. However, the falling speed was too slow to pose any real threat to the zombie.
Bai Yaoyao continuously used her Mental Power to conceal her presence, planning to launch a surprise attack.
When she approached to about 20 meters, Bai Yaoyao stopped in her tracks. Her current maximum Teleport distance was approximately 10 meters.
Fire Power Zombie—high attack power but weak defense. Having calculated everything, it was entirely possible to achieve a one-hit kill.
……